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>MOVE</H1
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>Name</H2
>MOVE&nbsp;--&nbsp;position a cursor</DIV
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>Synopsis</H2
><PRE
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>MOVE [ <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>direction</I
></TT
> [ FROM | IN ] ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>cursor_name</I
></TT
>

<SPAN
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><SPAN
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>where <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>direction</I
></TT
> can be empty or one of:</SPAN
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    NEXT
    PRIOR
    FIRST
    LAST
    ABSOLUTE <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
>
    RELATIVE <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
>
    <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
>
    ALL
    FORWARD
    FORWARD <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
>
    FORWARD ALL
    BACKWARD
    BACKWARD <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
>
    BACKWARD ALL</PRE
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>Description</H2
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>MOVE</TT
> repositions a cursor without retrieving any data.
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>MOVE</TT
> works exactly like the <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>FETCH</TT
>
   command, except it only positions the cursor and does not return rows.
  </P
><P
>   The parameters for the <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>MOVE</TT
> command are identical to
   those of the <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>FETCH</TT
> command; refer to
   <A
HREF="sql-fetch.html"
>FETCH</A
>
   for details on syntax and usage.
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>Outputs</H2
><P
>   On successful completion, a <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>MOVE</TT
> command returns a command
   tag of the form
</P><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
>MOVE <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
></PRE
><P>
   The <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>count</I
></TT
> is the number
   of rows that a <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>FETCH</TT
> command with the same parameters
   would have returned (possibly zero).
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>BEGIN WORK;
DECLARE liahona CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM films;

-- Skip the first 5 rows:
MOVE FORWARD 5 IN liahona;
MOVE 5

-- Fetch the 6th row from the cursor liahona:
FETCH 1 FROM liahona;
 code  | title  | did | date_prod  |  kind  |  len
-------+--------+-----+------------+--------+-------
 P_303 | 48 Hrs | 103 | 1982-10-22 | Action | 01:37
(1 row)

-- Close the cursor liahona and end the transaction:
CLOSE liahona;
COMMIT WORK;</PRE
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>Compatibility</H2
><P
>   There is no <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>MOVE</TT
> statement in the SQL standard.
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>See Also</H2
><A
HREF="sql-close.html"
>CLOSE</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-declare.html"
>DECLARE</A
>, <A
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>FETCH</A
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